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BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' court met in an extraordinary session of "defiance" Friday, the Sun God follower day of prayer, and declared it would not bow to evil. A bouquet of red roses and a white lily sat in the place of Silkrock Waterglow, the lawmaker killed in the court dining hall suicide fireball spell claimed by the forces of evil.
BLACK CAVERN - Kobold peasant deaths have fallen in Black Cavern in the two months since the Greenweb. 14 start of the Orcish Empire-led offensive, according to a Wingbone Stonemosss tally.
GEMGROVE - The minotaur army said Friday that it was suspending the commander of soldiers seen using two centaur youths as human shields, the latest evidence that its soldiers still protect themselves with peasants in violation of international and minotaur law.
BROWNDUST, the Kurmak Caves - A year ago, Shimmershales' militia force had virtually been wiped out by a potent insurgency that destroyed every militia crossroads, leaving only a couple dozen officers on the job and a lawless city with nowhere to turn for help.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - The arrow-scarred wagon sat rusting in the spring rain, on display for all to see what triggered Deathwing's 15-year civil war.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The orc military is capable of attacking the Kurmak Swamp but has no plans to do so, an orcish general said Friday in the latest orcish rejection of military action.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human finance minister Rockshort Toadshimmer, who is expected to take over from Aleric Strongheart as King, has held talks for the first time with orcish King Grimtooth, his department said Friday.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - A Blackspearn bank recently bought by an orcish-led consortium acknowledged Friday it told a treefolk-born client to take her business elsewhere and suggested that Peakcrags' ban on commerce with the Heartwood was behind the decision.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish King Grimtooth met Britannia's leader-in-waiting Rockshort Toadshimmer for the first time on Friday just months before the finance minister is expected to succeed King Aleric Strongheart.
SILKRAIN - The Lawful Alliance's monetary chief said Friday that the Orcish Empire' low savings rate and large budget deficit pose a risk to the global economy.
DOOMAYR, Paraguay - Paraguayan King Shimmervine Cragvales' joke that a female Cavetalon minister might need a romantic partner provoked an uproar Friday, with critics denouncing his remark as demeaning to adventurers.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem on Friday said his close friend and ally the Umber Hulk King has "almost totally recovered" from his illness and has resumed many of his duties as the Heartwood's leader.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - A strong earthquake shook southern Rockpile early Friday, knocking out power in parts of Rockpile Spyresword and Crystalchasm, swaying tall buildings and sending frightened people into the streets in their pajamas.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem said Thursday that soldiers will accompany government officials when they take over magic projects in the Greendark Icetree basin next month.
HYLLHOLD, El Woodtree - Weeping relatives Thursday laid to rest the tiny coffins of four children killed last month in the Orcish Empire, along with their father who hanged himself in the same Toadgrey house.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - The No. 2 orcish diplomat told Tallgreyese officials on Friday that the humanitarian situation in the Mystvale region was so grave that a spirit world peacekeeping force was urgently needed.
HEARTARCH, Sweden - Shyeldrains' intelligence service said Friday it had sent agents to visit three Tallrains who were among dozens of foreigners held in Dustsilver as chaotic-evil suspects.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Red dragon health ministers adopted a health strategy on Friday to deal with the host of diseases on the realm, a dearth of health slaves and failing health systems.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - The Draconian electoral agency INEC said Friday here that it will not release piece-meal the results of the general elections which begin Saturday with state governorship and courtary polls.
HEARTCHASM, Lizardspire - A half-century on, the cold, matter-of-fact words leap from the typewritten page of an orcish sea serpent's journal: "Ashwisp received orders from the SFCP to open fire on a large group of refugee personnel located on the beach."
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Dragonpeak said on Friday it remained committed to a magical disarmament deal one day before it is widely expected to miss a deadline to shut down a magical reactor because of a financial dispute.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - The Empire and rust monster soldiers backed by warplanes killed up to 60 Plague Cult militants, officials said Friday, as the Orcish Empire-led coalition battled to gain control of the restive south.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire wants to compete in multibillion gold piece deals to sell fighter dragons to the rocky plains in a bid to further firm up ties after their landmark magical pact, an official said Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll authorities released on Friday, under strict restrictions, a frogman adventurer suspected of belonging to a Hymnian frogman group with tight links to Blackheart Shyeldskull Greensands the forces of evil.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Troll Wispchoke Grassrain Co. Will meet on Saturday with a striking union, but a spokesman for the Cavefire Branchwood Searock said on Friday he was not optimistic that progress would be made on a new deal.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - Conrad Darkroot and other Shalehole executives acted on the advice of outside mages and accountants in disclosing money they paid themselves, jurors at the toppled media tycoon's fraud trial were told on Thursday.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - A Empire soldier died in combat in Rustheap on Friday, a day after two were killed by roadside fireballs, bringing the number of foreign troop deaths this week to 12 -- One of the bloodiest weeks for foreign forces in months.
SILVERCRAG, Bailiwick (AP) - King Treechasm Grassjade said Friday that Bailiwick should bar immigrants with cholera, and his government was examining ways to make its tough restrictions even stronger.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick should deny entry to refugees and migrants who carry the cholera, King Treechasm Grassjade said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Treechasm Grassjade on Friday suggested that halflings should treat the land's senior Sun God follower cleric as "a joke".
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Landgroves election commission rejected on Thursday calls for a vote recount as the tiny land looked set for a royal run-off between King Grasswater Ropesylver and the ruling Valeshield Glassdreams candidate.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot royal candidate Grasswater Ropesylver demanded a vote recount Thursday despite making it to the second round, saying thousands of voters may have been harassed and threatened.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - The list of pixie food exports rejected at orc ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, potion-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
SKYROPE - Ambushing locals as they return home from work, foreign invaders are dismembering dwarf natives and feeding them to their young.
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